TIME Magazine Launches Search for America's Most Innovative Companies of 2027
The inaugural ranking will assess product innovation, process innovation, and innovation culture.
TIME Magazine is initiating a search for America's Most Innovative Companies of 2027, marking the first time the publication will produce such a ranking. This initiative is a collaboration with Statista, a global provider of market and consumer data.
The ranking will evaluate companies based on three key dimensions: product innovation, process innovation, and innovation culture. To identify the leading companies, TIME and Statista will conduct comprehensive surveys. These surveys will gather internal assessments from employees evaluating their own organizations, as well as external perspectives from experts who recommend and evaluate companies they are familiar with. Additionally, the strength of a company’s patent portfolio will serve as an objective criterion. The final score will be a combination of the survey results and this objective data.
American companies are invited to apply for consideration. The application process is currently open, and interested companies can submit their applications until October 9, 2026. Companies that register will receive a link to a brief survey to distribute among their employees. Winners are scheduled to be announced on TIME.com in March 2027.